Re: [PHP] php quiz script/tutorial
At 4:12 PM +0100 4/26/10, Paul Jinks wrote: I'm considering my options for making quizzes mostly multiple choice type of thing, but also 'filling in the gaps'. This is in support of educational materials I'm working on. So far I've looked at Flash and javascript but have concerns about accessibility for both of these. Does anyone have any experience of writing quizzes with php and if so, can you recommend any resources to get me started? TIA Paul Paul: I have written surveys/quizzes, but have not found a lot of resources for it. I use javascript usually to handle minor user things, such as Please answer the question before moving on or Rank these items in order of importance, or other such immediate demands of the user, but still the user input not to be trusted. IOW, you still have to scrub everything. While I could use Flash, I choose not for it would simply make my work-load harder. Quizzes and such are just a long cascade of forms. I usually use one form and populate it with questions (content and type) from a database. Then when the user submits their data, I then save the answer as a independent record with ties to the test, question and responder. The database design takes some thought to set up correctly. In the end, there is not really anything that hard about this, it's just collecting information from the user via a form and storing that information in a database. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] php quiz script/tutorial
On 26 April 2010 18:12, Paul Jinks p...@pauljinks.co.uk wrote: I'm considering my options for making quizzes mostly multiple choice type of thing, but also 'filling in the gaps'. This is in support of educational materials I'm working on. So far I've looked at Flash and javascript but have concerns about accessibility for both of these. Does anyone have any experience of writing quizzes with php and if so, can you recommend any resources to get me started? TIA Paul HTML has a form element with radio buttons, text fields, and more. Use that. -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] php quiz script/tutorial
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:55 PM, tedd tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: At 4:12 PM +0100 4/26/10, Paul Jinks wrote: I'm considering my options for making quizzes mostly multiple choice type of thing, but also 'filling in the gaps'. This is in support of educational materials I'm working on. So far I've looked at Flash and javascript but have concerns about accessibility for both of these. Does anyone have any experience of writing quizzes with php and if so, can you recommend any resources to get me started? TIA Paul Paul: I have written surveys/quizzes, but have not found a lot of resources for it. I use javascript usually to handle minor user things, such as Please answer the question before moving on or Rank these items in order of importance, or other such immediate demands of the user, but still the user input not to be trusted. IOW, you still have to scrub everything. While I could use Flash, I choose not for it would simply make my work-load harder. Quizzes and such are just a long cascade of forms. I usually use one form and populate it with questions (content and type) from a database. Then when the user submits their data, I then save the answer as a independent record with ties to the test, question and responder. The database design takes some thought to set up correctly. In the end, there is not really anything that hard about this, it's just collecting information from the user via a form and storing that information in a database. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php If you were going to use Flash, I'd go the Flex route as it makes short work of this kind of view. Ted already mentioned the DB route using PHP, but you could also use PHP to set up an XML schema that represents quizes (e.g., quizquestion id=1textWill this work?/textoptionsoptionYes this will./optionoptionNo it won't./option/options/questionemail respon...@msu.edu/email/quiz) With this type of scheme (one in which the html form is automatically built up from an XML document), you could just have the results emailed to an account as individual TSV file attachments (that's why I included the email tag in the example above), making it easy for anyone to tally the results after dragging the documents into Excel. Last, you can also leverage existing technologies. In addition to quiz generators available online, Google Docs allows you to create forms that store responses in spreadsheets (Create New - Form). You can choose from a variety of response types (text, multiple choice, etc.), and it works quite well. Just tossing out ideas ;) Adam -- Nephtali: PHP web framework that functions beautifully http://nephtaliproject.com
Re: [PHP] PHP Quiz
On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 10:57 +0530, satya narayan wrote: Hello Friends, I have started a FREE site for quizzes for PHP. I need your kind help, if possible please visit the site and take some quizzes, and then let me know your feedback. Should I add any thing else in that site? link: http://www.testmyphp.com Thanks in advance. -- Satya Bangalore. Maybe get rid of the required login to do anything :p Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP Quiz
Hi ash, Thanks for your feedback first. Actually registration helps admin to track an user . Additionally if you are registered you can see your previous results for different Quizzes. That's what I thought It is good to have registration restriction. I think its a small cost to pay for an User if all the Quizzes are being provided Free. If majority will say to remove the registration process I can do so. -- Thanks and Regards. Satya On 3/18/09, Ashley Sheridan a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 10:57 +0530, satya narayan wrote: Hello Friends, I have started a FREE site for quizzes for PHP. I need your kind help, if possible please visit the site and take some quizzes, and then let me know your feedback. Should I add any thing else in that site? link: http://www.testmyphp.com Thanks in advance. -- Satya Bangalore. Maybe get rid of the required login to do anything :p Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP Quiz
2009/3/18 satya narayan astra.sat...@gmail.com: Hi ash, Thanks for your feedback first. Actually registration helps admin to track an user . Additionally if you are registered you can see your previous results for different Quizzes. That's what I thought It is good to have registration restriction. I think its a small cost to pay for an User if all the Quizzes are being provided Free. If majority will say to remove the registration process I can do so. You'll get more people doing the quizzes if they don't have to register, but offer them the option at the end of the quiz explaining what the benefits are for the user, don't bother with the benefits for you. I'd also recommend implementing a way for anonymous users to comment on the quizzes, either publicly and/or privately. -Stuart -- http://stut.net/ On 3/18/09, Ashley Sheridan a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 10:57 +0530, satya narayan wrote: Hello Friends, I have started a FREE site for quizzes for PHP. I need your kind help, if possible please visit the site and take some quizzes, and then let me know your feedback. Should I add any thing else in that site? link: http://www.testmyphp.com Thanks in advance. -- Satya Bangalore. Maybe get rid of the required login to do anything :p Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP Quiz
Actually, I like the site. The pages take a long time to load, it seems like server load. You might want to move your images to Amazon S3 or something similar. There are many spelling errors. Go through the quizes. I like the way the quizzes are broken up into sets. Add more sets on a regular basis and create an RSS feed of the new sets. Which function can we use to creates a new XML parser? xml_parsercreate() xml_parser_create() xmlparser_create() xmlparsercreate() The fact that this question must be asked is a bug in PHP, in my opinion. Oh, and I got it wrong! The grammar is one of PHP's weak points. Whoever designed the HTML did a terrific job. The site displays perfectly when increasing text font size. Give him a compliment. Alright, I signed up! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü
Re: [PHP] PHP Quiz
Thank you very Much Dotan Cohen for visiting the Site. I will look into the spelling errors problem On 3/18/09, Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com wrote: Actually, I like the site. The pages take a long time to load, it seems like server load. You might want to move your images to Amazon S3 or something similar. There are many spelling errors. Go through the quizes. I like the way the quizzes are broken up into sets. Add more sets on a regular basis and create an RSS feed of the new sets. Which function can we use to creates a new XML parser? xml_parsercreate() xml_parser_create() xmlparser_create() xmlparsercreate() The fact that this question must be asked is a bug in PHP, in my opinion. Oh, and I got it wrong! The grammar is one of PHP's weak points. Whoever designed the HTML did a terrific job. The site displays perfectly when increasing text font size. Give him a compliment. Alright, I signed up! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü -- Satya Bangalore. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP Quiz
I need your kind help, if possible please visit the site and take some quizzes, and then let me know your feedback. Should I add any thing else in that site? Regarding this question: Which one is good to use, to send the output? 1) The question is not well worded 2) The answer is a matter of opinion. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü
Re: [PHP] PHP Quiz
Thank you Stuart, I got your point I am going to Open all the quizzes for all. On 3/18/09, Stuart stut...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/3/18 satya narayan astra.sat...@gmail.com: Hi ash, Thanks for your feedback first. Actually registration helps admin to track an user . Additionally if you are registered you can see your previous results for different Quizzes. That's what I thought It is good to have registration restriction. I think its a small cost to pay for an User if all the Quizzes are being provided Free. If majority will say to remove the registration process I can do so. You'll get more people doing the quizzes if they don't have to register, but offer them the option at the end of the quiz explaining what the benefits are for the user, don't bother with the benefits for you. I'd also recommend implementing a way for anonymous users to comment on the quizzes, either publicly and/or privately. -Stuart -- http://stut.net/ On 3/18/09, Ashley Sheridan a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 10:57 +0530, satya narayan wrote: Hello Friends, I have started a FREE site for quizzes for PHP. I need your kind help, if possible please visit the site and take some quizzes, and then let me know your feedback. Should I add any thing else in that site? link: http://www.testmyphp.com Thanks in advance. -- Satya Bangalore. Maybe get rid of the required login to do anything :p Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Satya Bangalore. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
